This is the information page about the shipwreck Ub 108 (possibly), the water chart below shows the wreck in its immediate vicinity. The position of this wreck is 51 0.11 N,1 18.59 E (51.0759833, 1.4147)
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The texts accompanying this shipwreck are in English ๐ฌ๐ง, as they are prepared by the UK Hydrographic Office (UKHO) based on data from UKHO and the hydrographic services of the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany, among others. They include the known details of the wreck and the comments of the cartographers who have checked the position and condition of the wreck over time.
Name: UB 108 (POSSIBLY)
Length 55.5 meter, width: 5.8 meter, tonnage 650 ton
Cause: Thought to have been sunk by a mine. (u-boat intelligence).
Year of registration: 1974
Water depth above wreck: 23 meter, Height above seabed: 50 cm
Known since: 1978, last detected: 2007
Details measurements/cartography: 5.7.74 5.7.74 SUNK IN 510000N, 011845E. (U-BOAT INTELLIGENCE & E GILES). H4199/78 29.9.78 H4199/78 29.9.78 LOCATED IN 510005N, 011842E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER [2 LOP]. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0 IN GEN DEPTH 24.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 7.5MTRS. LENGTH 50MTRS. LIES 060/240DEGS. DCS3 SHOWS HIGH MAST OR PERISCOPE PROTRUDING FROM WK. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 35/77).
- NM 2414/78. H2330/84 4.3.86 H2330/84 4.3.86 EXAM'D 29.11.85 IN 510004N, 011842E [OGB] USING TRISPONDER. LEAST E/S DEPTH 18.5 IN GEN DEPTH 23.5MTRS. NO SCOUR. HYDROSEARCH SHADOW HT ON MAST STANDING ABOUT ONE THIRD OF LENGTH FROM SW END IS 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 41.3MTRS. LIES 040/220DEGS. (HMS BULLDOG, HI 240B). NCA. HH090/711/01 21.1.97 HH090/711/01 21.1.97 EXAM'D 2.8.96 IN 510006.3N, 011834.6E [WGD] USING DGPS. SWEPT CLEAR AT 17.2, FOUL AT 17.5MTRS. LEAST E/S DEPTH 17.0 IN GEN DEPTH 23.6MTRS. NO SCOUR. DCS3 HT 6.5MTRS. LENGTH 60MTRS, WIDTH 10MTRS. LIES 065/245DEGS. IN ONE PIECE WITH NO DEBRIS. (NP 1016, HI 711). AMEND TO SW 17.0MTRS IN REVISED POSN. BR STD. HH091/159/01 29.8.07 HH091/159/01 & SEP 2007/000061068 29.8.07 EXAM'D 12.7.06 IN 5100.107N, 0118.592E [WGD] USING DGPS. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.12 IN GEN DEPTH 23.8MTRS. LENGTH 36.2MTRS, WIDTH 10.3MTRS, HT 7.7MTRS. LIES 050/230 DEGS WITH BOWS 050 DEGS. POOR MAGNETIC ANOMALY. INTACT. (OSAE, HI 1159). AMEND WK 16.1MTRS.
- NM 4298/07. HH091/159/01 6.9.07 HH091/159/01 6.9.07 LOCATED IN 5100.110N, 0118.590E [WGD]. LEAST M/B DEPTH 16.6MTRS. (OSAE, HI 1159, REVISED ROS). BR STD.
Comment researcher: UK Hydrographic Office
Commentaar onderzoeker: IN ONE PIECE, BOWS NE
Position: 51 0.11 N,1 18.59 E